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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1923
Page
10
Unmerited water quality tests by underwriters in Waterloo focus on fire department and city waterworks to assess insurance risk. Inspectors study iron color in water, distribution, hydrants, mains, and sprinkling systems. Results may shape future premiums. officials warn tests run for days and a health risk is not believed to exist.
Firemen were called to First Evangelical church at Park avenue and Lafayette street at 8 and 9 last evening to extinguish sparks on the roof. Only slight damage resulted as Dr. Winfield Scott Hah prepared to speak, with 8 A Cohagan accompanying him from Hotel Mussell-Samsonu.
Dr Winfield Scott Hall closed a social problems lecture series with a mass meeting at First Evangelical Church in Waterloo. He urged frank advocacy of youth as a national solution and spoke to the newly formed YM YWCA mothers association on The Child and the Future. In Waterloo he gave 27 talks to over 4500 attendees before departing to Grundy Center for more engagements.
Des Moines February 22 United States soldiers in hospitals along the Mexican border and in the Panama canal zone will receive good cheer packages from Iowa W C T U if a state plan is approved Col Barlow in charge of Knoxville disabled veterans hospital reports local care and urges extending the effort to distant hospitals Mrs Ida B Wise Smith president says appeals will go to all local W C T U groups for broader activity
A public service style advertisement claims Marmola Prescription Tablets help reduce weight without dieting or exercise. It asserts the product is harmless, cheap, and available for one dollar at druggists or by mail from Marmola Co Detroit. The message encourages readers to dismiss excuses about the difficulty of losing weight.
Town Falls Indiana February 22 Every cemetery association official in the state and others familiar with cemetery management will indorse Representative WL Carter's Carter bill. The measure, long needed, aims to improve upkeep and permanence of cemeteries, many abandoned for lack of funds. It authorizes cemetery associations to...
The bill sets assessment for lot care not to exceed two cents per square foot. Proceeds from set aside funds cover annual upkeep. Direct heirs or those claiming burial rights must pay unless poverty affidavit is filed. Unused portions may be sold after five years, with proceeds funding a permanent upkeep fund. Probate courts must allocate estate sums to a permanent fund before distribution. Applies to all state cemeteries.
Abandoned cemetery lots burden local associations as owners die or move away leaving graves uncared for. Some larger cemeteries require a permanent fund at sale to prevent neglect. smaller ones lack this safeguard. Listed names include Harry Runt and Ethel Johnson of Waterloo, Leste Parr of Waterloo, Alyce Miller of Waterloo, Amos Hansen of Cedar Falls, and Helen Nelson of Cedar Falls.
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